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Muhammad Ali – A Model of Mental Toughness
The third of our new series of mental toughness role models is in many ways is one of the easiest to offer as a role model. Each post features an individual who has clearly and consistently demonstrated the elements of Mental Toughness that we call the 4Cs. Mental...
Monday Motivation
“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do." — Henry Ford
Doug Strycharczyk in Poland and Romania
On Friday 17th March, Doug Strycharczyk, CEO, led a discussion at the Business Centre Club in Warsaw where the main discussion was around the subject of managing the employee market in the light of migration issues. The Business Centre Club is an organisation which...
You Snooze You Win – The Best Time To Wake Up
DOES AN EARLY MORNING START HELP YOU SEIZE THE DAY? I’m naturally an early riser believing that the early start helps me to ease into my morning routines and rituals (meditation, visualisation, classic FM and plenty of caffeine) and be able to seize the day. Since its...
The Secret to Increasing Your Emotional Control
At the heart of mental toughness lies your emotional control – the ability to manage your emotions and in so doing preventing them from negatively affecting your performance and wellbeing. If you can’t keep your emotions in check you then you become distracted and...
Champion Tennis Player Gives Mental Toughness The Finger
STAN WAWRINKA ON THE IMPORTANCE OF A MENTAL TOUGHNESS RITUAL Roger Federer illustrated the importance of mental toughness in tennis when winning the recent Australian Open. He won the Indian Wells tournament at the weekend too, beating another champion opponent, Stan...